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Z evs OK pal OS is found on Smyrntean coins * and in a Smyrnaean 

 inscription.! And according to Dicsearchus there was a temple of 

 Zeiis aKpaios on the highest peak of Mount Pelion,J that is, on what 

 is now called Pliasidhi§ (to nXtacri'St), or the mountain of Portarid 

 (to ^ovvo TTJs UopTapias). Now, as this inscription was found in the 

 vicinity of this peak, it is natural to suppose that its Zevs aKpaios is 

 identical with the Zei/s oKpalos of Dic^earchus. 



The other inscription, according to the same gentleman, was dis- 

 covered last spring at Zerbhokhia (17 Zep^oxia), in the township of 

 Nekhdri (to Nex&>/»)- ^^ ^^^ ^^o ^9 ^J ^^ ignorant person who was 

 losing his time in searching for ancient hidden treasures. Near the 

 spot where it was found there was a tomb containing human bones. 

 The marble is now to be seen at Bizitsa (Bt^tVfa), a small village not 

 far from IMili^s. 



Inscription of Zerhhohhia. || 



'Ei* TavTrj TT) 6t)Ktj ovk Z^ecrTiP oi8e\_i/' aX- 



Xov, oijTf avbpa ovTe yvvfKa (sic) rac^^^vat. 



'Ear 8e Tis aTTOvorjdels ToX/xijtret Ldfot- 



^e (sic), e^i (si*^) K€xoX(^P-^vou jSacriXea L^eov 



fifyicTTOP TTavTOKparopa kticttIjjv 



oXav Ka\ deovs Travras Ka\ Oe^as Ka\ 



rjpcoas Koi avTrjv Trjv 8ecr7roii'[ai' 



/SacriXt'Sa, 8ta ro ana^ dTrT]yope[^vadai 



ere^poi/ acopa fieTa tovtohv TfQrjYyai. 



Translation. 

 No other corpse, whether of a man or of a woman, is permitted to 

 be deposited in this vault. And if any one shall recklessly dare to open 

 it, he will anger the most great \^god^ the king, the almighty maher of 



* ECKHEL, 2, p. 508. 



t Insck. 3146. 



X Dic^ARCH. Descript. Graec. 2, 8 'Ett' uKpas 8e tov opovs Kopv<p^s o-ttjj- 

 \ai6v eaTi to KoKovpevov Xeipa>viov, koi A 16s aKpalov lepov. 



§ nXiaaiSi, lov, to, is the modem double diminutive of HfiXiov, but without 

 its diminutive sense. It is fonned as follows : UrjXiov, Ur^Xidaiou (analogous to 

 Kopa(Tiov), UrfXiaaidiov, (analogous to KopaaLdiov), HXiacTiBiov, and by omitting 

 the ending -ov, TlXiaaiBi, pronounced in three syllables ; thus, IlXia-cri-8i. 



11 'H e7nypa(f)Tj avTt) fvpedrj KaTa ttju Zep^oxi-av. Arghiris Philipidhis. 



